Denis Decres

Denis Decres (18 June 1761-7 December 1820) was Minister of the Navy of France from 1801 to 1814.

Biography
Born in Chateauvillain in Haute-Marne in 1761, and fought in the French Navy during the American Revolutionary War. In 1782 he fought in the Battle of the Saintes under Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars in the Battle of the Nile and in 1800 fought in the Blockade of Malta, and became the Minister of the Navy in 1801. He managed the navy for the French Empire until the fall of France in 1814.